Liu Xiaobo

American-Style Individualism in China? Looks Deceive

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Chinese Individualism, Andy Lau, Edison Chen, Aaron Kwok, Jay Chou, Liu Xiaobo, Hutong Fist, Chinese Conformity, Chen Danqing, Individuality, China Music Scene, Individualism, Chinese Music, China Comformity, World News
Tom Doctoroff

Surely the forces of change are reshaping the Chinese psyche. Surely people, once suppressed by colorless conformity, are embracing individualism. Sorry, but no.

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'Chimes of Freedom' Celebrates the Power of Music and Activism

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Troy Davis, Sean Wilentz, Miley Cyrus, Peter Benenson, Music and Activism, Blowin' in the Wind, Sting, Chimes of Freedom, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Hans Zimmer, Amnesty International, Peter Seeger, Liu Xiaobo, Human Rights, Lenny Kravitz, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Ziggy Marley, Video, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

Amnesty International's Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan is not the first time they've tapped into the music community to raise funds and bring awareness to human rights issues.

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Censored Chinese Artist's Photos Were Smuggled Out Of China

AP | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Liu Xia Exhibit, Liu Xia Censored, Liu Xia Artist, Liu Xia Columbia University, Liu Xia Chinese Artist, Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo, Liu Xia New York Exhibit, Culture News

NEW YORK — Photographs by Chinese artist Liu Xia (lee-OW' zah) will be shown at Columbia University next month. She's the wife of imprisoned 201...

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Alex Becker

Human Rights Groups Tell Biden To Hold China Accountable

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Becker | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Video, Human Rights, Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei, Human Rights First, Freedom Now, Liu Xiaobo, Human Rights Abuses, China Human Rights Violations, Joe Biden, China Human Rights, Vice President Joe Biden, Ai Weiwei, China, World News

WASHINGTON -- Human rights groups have wasted little time calling on Vice President Joe Biden to focus on human rights abuses as he meets with high-le...

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Norway Feels Sting Of China's Nobel Anger

AP | By BJOERN H. AMLAND | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Salmon, Liu Xiaobo, Norwegian Nobel Committee, Nobel Peace Prize, Norway, China, Oslo, World News

OSLO, Norway -- Norway used to be China's top fresh salmon supplier, sending steadily growing volumes to exclusive restaurants in Beijing and Shanghai...

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Chinese Police Say Detained Artist Being Investigated For 'Suspected Economic Crimes'

Reuters | Chris Buckley | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Tan Zuoren, Beijing Olympics, Nobel Peace Prize, Artists, Shanghai, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jasmine Revolution, Human Rights, Jon Huntsman, Activism, Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei, Chinese Dissidents, China, Chen Guangcheng, World News

April 7, 2011 4:58:10 AM By Chris Buckley BEIJING, April 7 (Reuters) - Chinese police said the detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei is bei...

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A Look At China's Detained Dissidents

Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Jasmine Revolution, Human Rights, China Dissident, Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei, Liu Xiaobo, Slideshow, Nobel Peace Prize, Ai Weiwei, Civil Rights, China, World News

The recent disappearance of one of China's most famous contemporary artists sparked new concern for the fate of the country's dissidents. As the A...

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Blind Human Rights Lawyer Beaten and Isolated in Chinese Crackdown

Bill Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Jasmine Revolution, Le Monde, Lawyers, Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights, Cnn, Liu Xiaobo, New York Times, Gao Zhisheng, China, Chen Guangcheng, World News
Bill Quigley

A self-taught lawyer in China who was recently released after years in prison has now been put in home detention -- isolated and beaten by authorities.

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Nobel Peace Ceremony Honors Absent Chinese Dissident

AP | BJOERN H. AMLAND and MATTI HUUHTANEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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OSLO, Norway — With a large portrait of a smiling Liu Xiaobo hanging front and center, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee crossed the...

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What's Next on China

Kenneth Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights in China, Hu Jintao State Dinner, Liu Xiaobo, China, China Economy, World News
Kenneth Roth

So what's next? After finally deciding to give human rights concerns pride of place in January's US-China summit, how should the Obama administration translate its rhetoric into policy?

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Photos Of The Chinese President's Historic U.S. Visit

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Liu Xiaobo, China Visit, Hu Jintao, Washington, Slidepollajax, Hu Jintao US Visit, China, Barack Obama, World News

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says a state visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao (hoo jihn-tow) is laying the foundation for deeper prosperi...

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Liu Xiaobo Nobel Peace Prize May Not Be Handed Out

AP | BJOERN H. AMLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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OSLO, Norway — The Nobel Peace Prize may not be handed out this year because China is not likely to let anyone from imprisoned award-winner Liu ...

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On MLK Day, Human Rights Leaders Around The World

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Gypsies, Democracy, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Nobel Peace Prize, Civil Rights, Liu Xiaobo, Women's Rights, Aung San Suu Kyi, Martin Luther King, LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, Russia, Slidepollajax, Roma, Romany Gypsies, World News

Monday marks what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 81st birthday, and though the civil rights icon's legacy is hard to match, he'd likely...

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China-U.S. Relations 'Critical' Before Chinese Leader's D.C. Visit

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communism, Sudan, Hu Jintao, China State Visit, Liu Xiaobo, Hillary Clinton, Nobel Peace Prize, Southern Sudan, Communist Government, Cold War, China, World News

With the international media abuzz with rumors just days before Chinese President Hu Jintao touches down in Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Cli...

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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei is Still Smiling

Linda Constant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Studio, Art, Human Rights, Demolition, Wan Yanhai, Zhao Lianhai, Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei, China, Shanghai, World News
Linda Constant

As news of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's studio demolition, courtesy of Shanghai city authorities, circles the globe and stirs indignation throughout var...

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Human Rights 2011: These Tests Will Tell

William F. Schulz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Aung San Suu Kyi, Laurent Gbagbo, Human Rights, Sudan, Africa, Icc, Liu Xiaobo, Robert Mugabe, World News
William F. Schulz

It is useful to identify those human rights stories to watch in 2011. How these challenges are resolved will tell us much about where human rights are going.

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World Story Of The Year: Which Do You Choose?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikileaks, Flotilla, Turkey, Pakistan, Cablegate, World Story of the Year, Anna Chapman, Nobel Peace Prize, Haiti, Chile Miners, San Jose Mine, Liu Xiaobo, Iran, 2010, Mavi Marmara, Russian Spies, Gaza Flotilla, Espionage, Slidepollajax, Julian Assange, 21st Century, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 Stories, Iran Stoning Woman, World News

Haiti's devastating earthquake kicked off what was to be a truly turbulent year in global news. But the last year of the first decade of the 21st cen...

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China Snatches Woman In Middle Of Night Over Tweet

Newser | Mary Papenfuss | Posted 05.25.2011

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A young Chinese woman who tweeted that she planned to march with a banner honoring imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiabo has been busted by po...

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Truth will Outweigh the Chinese Dictatorship--Liu Xiaobo's Freedom is the Test

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, Human Rights, China, Freedom, World News
Thor Halvorssen

Just as Nelson Mandela symbolized the struggle for individual rights and equality in South Africa, so Liu Xiaobo embodies the struggle for freedom of expression and for civil and political rights in China.

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Richard Nixon, Liu Xiaobo, Julian Assange and Us

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rory O'Connor

What do Richard Nixon, Liu Xiaobo and Julian Assange have in common? As lawyers for WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Assange began preparing for a possible...

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Liu Xiaobo's Poetry To Be Published In English

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Lundberg

The first English-language collection of poetry written by 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo is set for publication. The collection, entitled "June Fourth Elegies," will be translated by the poet Jeffrey Yang.

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Elijah's Empty Chair of Freedom in Oslo

Rev. Chuck Freeman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, Charter 08, Passover Seder, China, Elijah, Chinese Activism, Dissent in China, Prophet Elijah, Liu Xiaobo Nobel Prize, Liv Ullmann, Religion News
Rev. Chuck Freeman

Liu Xiaobo was unable to be in Oslo to collect his Nobel Peace Prize. He is just one year into an 11-year jail sentence for subversion because he penned an open letter calling for democratic reforms in China.

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Liu Xiaobo and 3 Noble Nobel Winners (UPDATED 12/12/10)

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Martin Luther King Jr., Norway, Liu Xiaobo, Germany, Nobel Peace Prize, China, Poland, World News
Jeffrey Wasserstrom

As the Nobel ceremony shifts from current event to historical moment, we can put what has happened into perspective -- and get a sense of how Liu, his prize, and the empty seat held for him in Oslo may come to be remembered.

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Why Today's Human Rights Day Is So Special

Amnesty International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liu Xiaobo, Amnesty International, Human Rights, Human Rights Day, World News
Amnesty International

Today is a special Human Rights Day. It marks the beginning of Amnesty International's 50th year celebration. That's 50 years of working together to demand freedom and justice for all.

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Fire in Oslo Over Liu's Nobel Peace Prize

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liu Xiaobo, Norway, Nobel Peace Prize, Human Rights, China, Oslo, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Violations, Iraq, Confucius Peace Prize, Geir Lundestad, Iran, Venezuela, United Nations, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Cuba, Algeria, Kazakhstan, World News
Thor Halvorssen

China threatened "consequences" if governments supported Liu Xiaobo by attending the Nobel Prize ceremony this year. The strategy worked. More governments declined invitations than ever before.

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